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Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP127 "Early Into The Murder Investigation"Michael Proctor was a key witness in this trial for both sides. For the State, he was in charge of the entire murder investigation. But according to the Defense, he was part of a massive cover-up which led to Karen Read on trial for murder. After getting initial statements from the defendant and the victim's friends, Trooper Proctor recalled that he and his team used search warrants to seize surveillance video and Karen Read's SUV.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP128 "A State Trooper's Family Ties And Social Connections"Prosecutors brought up the family members of State Trooper Michael Proctor. Why? Because the Defense had tried to raise doubts on how sensitive information about John O'Keefe's death had been shared among family members, friends, and neighbors involved in this investigation. This case focused on more than just the physical evidence in the death of John O'Keefe. At issue was how police handled that evidence as well as the very conduct of the investigators was key.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP129 "Vulgar And Disparaging Texts"The jury learned about more text messages of a state trooper who was the lead investigator in the murder case of John O'Keefe. Michael Proctor was the lead detective in the investigation into what happened to O'Keefe. Karen Read's defense accused him of concocting a conspiracy to frame her. Prosecutors wanted to clear things up when it came to Proctor's text messages to his family, friends, and co-workers during the investigation.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP130 "Unprofessional And Regrettable Comments"Unprofessional and regrettable. That's what Michael Proctor, lead investigator in the death of John O'Keefe, told the jury about some of his text messages. One of them called Karen read, the defendant, a whack job and retarded. Despite admitting to sending vulgar texts to friends and family, State Trooper Proctor did not waver on his conclusions that read intentionally killed her boyfriend with her SUV by hitting him with it and driving off, subsequently leaving O'Keefe for dead.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP131 "Just Sarcasm And Jokes"It was sarcastic and a joke. That's how the lead detective put it when he was explaining away unprofessional and regrettable texts to family members, friends, and co-workers. Karen Read's defense team brought up those disparaging texts that Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Proctor sent while working this case. The Defense grilled him on the stand.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP132 "Conflicts Of Interest, Omissions, And Bias"This Defense team was not going to let up with its fiery cross-examination on the lead detective. Karen Read's lawyers had alleged that John O'Keefe's death was a conspiracy involving police officers trying to cover their tracks and pin it all on his girlfriend. The Defense raised doubts in the police's professional conduct in this case by bringing up what they believed was conflicts of interest, omissions, and bias.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP133 "More Red Flags"An undetermined cause of death was an important element in Karen Read's defense. Her attorneys argued that if it's not clear that John O'Keefe was murdered, then that should raise enough reasonable doubt in the case against her. But according to Trooper Michael Proctor on the stand, that despite the undetermined classification, his team still handled the death as a murder. Challenging the credibility of investigators was key for Read's defense. More red flags meant more reasonable doubt.
Killer Or Cover-Up Murder Trial
S1, EP134 "Dehumanizing The Defendant"The long cross-examination was not over yet for the lead detective on the stand. Karen Read's defense asked more accusatory questions for Trooper Michael Proctor. He admitted to the jury that his unprofessional text messages dehumanized her. The texts were sent during the months-long investigation looking into the death of John O'Keefe, her boyfriend. Proctor told jurors that it was a figure of speech. My emotions got the best of me.
Suitcase Killer Murder Trial
EP4 "Opening Statements Begin"In opening statements prosecutors alleged the defendant plotted the murder of Bill McGuire, husband of 5 years and father of her two children; the motive -- she wanted to be with a new lover.
Suitcase Killer Murder Trial
EP3 "Defense Delivers Opening Remarks"Lead prosecutor continues opening statements; laying out for jurors the scheme they say the defendant made to get rid of her husband, and then dispose of the his body; Melanie McGuire's defense team delivers its opening statement to jurors.
Cheerleader on Trial for Baby's Murder
EP41 "State's Rebuttal Argument"Prosecutors make it clear what was on Skylar's mind in the days she found out she was pregnant to the weeks after her child died; they stress on Skylar's actions of concealing her baby's death and the hiding the corpse.
Cheerleader on Trial for Baby's Murder
EP42 "Verdict to Sentencing"After four hours of deliberations the jury acquits Skylar Richardson on charges of aggravated murder, involuntary manslaughter, and child endangerment; for her attempt at burying baby Annabelle's remains in the backyard the jury finds her guilty.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP1 "Murder Over Explicit Photos"Opening statements began with graphic details of how the victim, Tom Merriman, lost his life. The lead prosecutor told jurors that Jade Janks ambushed, drugged, suffocated and strangled her stepfather. The state alleged it began with the defendant buying supplies which included gloves, towels and nylon cords all for the purposes of murder.
Taboo Photos Murder Trial
S1, EP2 "Staging An Overdose Death"Staging the murder to look like a drug overdose. The State claimed that was Jade Janks' plan for the death of her stepfather, Tom Merriman. During opening statements, the State wanted to lay out what they believed was Jade Janks' elaborate murder plot to kill Thomas Merriman. It included allegations that she sought out the help of a fixer to help her drug, suffocate, and strangle her stepfather.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP93 "Digital Forensics Examination"An expert in computer forensics testified. Mark Vassel critiqued the work of the State's expert who testified earlier about the internet records retrieved in the days leading up to Rosemarie Essa's untimely death. According to investigators, this digital footprint of Yazeed revealed not just a murder plot but an escape out of the country after the crime.
Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP94 "Defense Rests Their Case"The dense topic of computer forensics was brought back up for jurors. Yazeed Essa's defense critiqued the way the state's expert retrieved his internet activity in the days leading up to his wife, Rosemarie's death. The Defense then rested their case in his murder trial. The defendant chose not to take the witness stand in an attempt to exonerate him for the aggravated murder charge in Rosemarie, his wife's poisoning death. Next, the State delivered a brief rebuttal case.